Late Medieval England, 1399-1509 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Late Medieval England, 1399-1509 write by A. J. Pollard. This book was released on 2000. Late Medieval England, 1399-1509 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. England's last medieval century was characterised by social stability economic development and cultural vigour which laid the foundations for the emergence of early modern society. Placing the English experience within the vital context of the British Isles, the book ranges from the reign of Henry IV to the closing of the middle ages during the reign of Henry VIII.".
Imagining Robin Hood
Imagining Robin Hood - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Imagining Robin Hood write by A.J. Pollard. This book was released on 2004-08-02. Imagining Robin Hood available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A.J. Pollard takes us back to the earliest surviving stories, tales and ballads of Robin Hood, and re-examines the story of this fascinating figure. Setting out the economic, social and political context of the time, Pollard illuminates the legend of this yeoman hero and champion of justice as never before. Imagining Robin Hood questions: what a ‘yeoman’ was, and what it meant to be a fifteenth-century Englishman Was Robin Hood hunted as an outlaw, or respected as an officially appointed forest ranger? Why do we ignore the fact that this celebrated hero led a life of crime? Did he actually steal from the rich and give to the poor? Answering these questions, the book looks at how Robin Hood was ‘all things to all men’ since he first appeared; speaking to the gentry, the peasants and all those in between. The story of the freedom-loving outlaw tells us much about the English nation, but tracing back to the first stories reveals even more about the society in which the legend arose. An enthralling read for all historians and general readers of this fascinating subject.
Fifteenth Century England, 1399-1509
Fifteenth Century England, 1399-1509 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fifteenth Century England, 1399-1509 write by Stanley Bertram Chrimes. This book was released on 1995. Fifteenth Century England, 1399-1509 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This wide-ranging survey of England in the fifteenth-century contains some of the most valuable writing on the period. Contributions include C. D. Ross on Edward IV, S. B. Chrimes on Henry VII and B. P. Wolffe on Henry VI.
Kingship and Masculinity in Late Medieval England
Kingship and Masculinity in Late Medieval England - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kingship and Masculinity in Late Medieval England write by Katherine Lewis. This book was released on 2013-09-05. Kingship and Masculinity in Late Medieval England available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Kingship and Masculinity in Late Medieval England explores the dynamic between kingship and masculinity in fifteenth century England, with a particular focus on Henry V and Henry VI. The role of gender in the rhetoric and practice of medieval kingship is still largely unexplored by medieval historians. Discourses of masculinity informed much of the contemporary comment on fifteenth century kings, for a variety of purposes: to praise and eulogise but also to explain shortcomings and provide justification for deposition. Katherine J. Lewis examines discourses of masculinity in relation to contemporary understandings of the nature and acquisition of manhood in the period and considers the extent to which judgements of a king’s performance were informed by his ability to embody the right balance of manly qualities. This book’s primary concern is with how these two kings were presented, represented and perceived by those around them, but it also asks how far Henry V and Henry VI can be said to have understood the importance of personifying a particular brand of masculinity in their performance of kingship and of meeting the expectations of their subjects in this respect. It explores the extent to which their established reputations as inherently ‘manly’ and ‘unmanly’ kings were the product of their handling of political circumstances, but owed something to factors beyond their immediate control as well. Consideration is also given to Margaret of Anjou’s manipulation of ideologies of kingship and manhood in response to her husband’s incapacity, and the ramifications of this for perceptions of the relational gender identities which she and Henry VI embodied together. Kingship and Masculinity in Late Medieval England is an essential resource for students of gender and medieval history.
Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485
Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485 write by Ronald H. Fritze. This book was released on 2002-03-30. Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Providing the chronological setting for many of Shakespeare's plays, various swashbuckling novels from Sir Walter Scott's to Robert Louis Stevenson's, and such Hollywood films as Braveheart, late Medieval England is superficially well known. Yet its true complexity remains elusive, locked in the covers of specialized monographs and journal articles. In over 300 entries written by 80 scholars, this book makes the factual information and historical interpretations of the era readily available. Covering political, military, religious, and constitutional subjects as well as social and economic topics, the volume is easy to use, comprehensive, and authoritative. It provides a useful resource for undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, and educated laymen. Rightly characterized as an age of crisis, the 14th century saw the Hundred Years War, the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the Avignon Papacy, and the Great Schism of the Western Church. All placed great stresses on English society, aggravating old problems and creating new ones. In the late Middle Ages, parliament became an important element in English government; Cambridge and Oxford universities attained European-wide reputations; and general literacy increased. The Church remained a paramount religious, political, and social institution, but its independence and intellectual monopoly slipped. The entries in this book synthesize recent scholarship on these and other historical events. While emphasizing political, religious, constitutional and military topics, the book also provides brief introductions to social, economic, cultural, and intellectual topics. It is a valuable guide for those wishing to understand this complex, tumultuous, and until recently, poorly understood era.
